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        <title><![CDATA[Riding French cols]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A guide for bikers who want to share this lifetime experience...]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[What to carry on the bike?]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:26:42 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[After having tried several solutions, here is what I recommend to carry on the bike: - bottles: carry two bottles on your frame: one large with a mix of water and sport drinks and the other small just with sport drink powder in it. On your way, you will... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The beauty and the beast]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[the Beauty and the Beast : Col du Galibier (North side through the Col du Télégraphe) : What a climb! I have done it many times and every time it feels like a major achievement! First it is very long, second it goes very high (2,646m), and third it is... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[My top-5 Not-to-Miss climbs in the Alps]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:19:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Here is my top five list of the not-to-miss cols in the Alps: 1. Galibier (North) via Télégraphe: see my article "the Beauty and the Beast"! 2. Mont Ventoux (South from Bédouin): A true legend! I will write more about it in another message because Mt... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Thank you the Tour de France!]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:33:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[It is hard to talk about French cols without talking the Tour de France! You know: the frantic 3-week pro race which took place every July and goes traditionally clockwise or counter clockwise through the Alps and the Pyrenees. Why "Thank you the Tour... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Alps or Pyrenees?]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:14:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[An interesting question? Frankly as a Parisian, I used to ride mainly through the Alps rather than the Pyrenees: it is true that the Alps (especially the Northern part) are much closer to Paris than the Pyrenees which lay south of France at the border... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[What is it about these &quot;cols&quot;?]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:55:48 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[If you have never ridden a col with your bike, here is some insights about how it feels: hard, painful, long, sweaty, exhausting!! However it is something you want to do over and over! Why? Do you have to be a sadomaso to enjoy it or simply the fool who... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[What is a &quot;col&quot;?]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 10:49:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A "col" is the French word to designate a mountain pass joining two valleys; some authors say there are 8500 cols in France. Others 2110 if you count only car roads. Anyhow there are plenty and enough for a life time! You find cols almost everywhere in... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Who am I ?]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 10:48:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[My nickname is Solaberg: a reference to the famous climb of the Roth Ironman race I did a long time ago.I am a recretional biker. Now settled in Paris with wife and kids, I have been enjoying spending some of my leasure time for the past ten years riding... ]]></description>
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